[TOPK3]

Yesterday, I did MAJOR walking. I love walking by the way. After I got some Starbucks, I walked 30 minutes (about 20 blocks, if you live in San Francisco) to the rec center for 2 hour Tinikling rehearsal. After Tinikling rehearsal, I walked 1 hour and a half (about 50-60 blocks, if you live in SF) to my mom's shop =]. My new record for my farthest walking. WHOOHOO.

For the past two months, I've lost 10-15 lbs . I'm now 110lbs when before I was around 120-125lbs. Between there, i'm not really sure. I'm hoping to lose another 5-10 before my dance concert in mid-May.

[Brusky]

put in 2 hrs of tennis with my girlfriend today =]

[crystallizedtear]

I ate...err...less? lol..don't really count calories or whatever. I ate a lot of bananas...and grapes... and drank a bit more water (really should drink a TON more though).. I stopped with the random snacking and crunching on junk food. -__-'' and I did 200 hula hoop circles..which took 5 min (should do it for 15 min but I have no time today...)... and did 50 something sit ups... 200 rope skipping thingies..

that's it though =.=
well yesterday I skipped rope for a long time... and did a ton of situps too

and the day before I walked like...a billion blocks from school to home... took me more than an hour! O__O usually takes 20 min with the bus and subway...
and... did skipping rope and...err...hula hooping? yup.

I don't see that much of a difference but...gotta be patient.
and should probably do... that Yoga video thing...

I just want to lose 5-10 lbs and tone up my body...
and lose that dang baby face fat/mini pot belly

[child2child]

whats better a treadmill or an ellipitical

personally i like the elliptical. i hate running with a passion, but with the elliptical it feels like i'm jogging plus i get a little help wit the handle bars.

so i need to lose alot of weight before my prom which is in the last week of may. i'm not even sure. i'm reluctant to post my weight so i'm only going to post it when i've lost a certain amount, i think about 20lbs? so yeah...

technically i started my weight loss plan around 3-4 days ago and i've already lost 5lbs, so hopefully the numbers keep dropping. there's one thing that's annoying me though and i was wondering if anybody could help me out but, i seem to lack the motivation to workout now, before not really but now i just don't feel like it and if i don't work out then my numbers are not going to go down.

i normally just go on my elliptical or pop in a workout DVD and i'm set for at least 30 mins. i want to work out at least 1 hour but i'm even getting lazy for just 30 min.

What are some workout plans that you think are effective? any motivational tips?

thanks in advance! and good luck/congrats to everyone who has lost weight or is in the process

[Shortyyy126]

3/25/07

breakfast: homemade wonton! =)
lunch: homemade rice with veggies and meat on the side
dinner: viet porkchop noodles =X
snack: lowfat yogurt with 2 strawberries
liquid: homemade papaya smoothie, milk, and water

exercise: jumproping, hoolahooping, dancing for 10-20 minutes, 2 forms of leg lifts, a form of crunches. and finally, helping my dog take a shower (you'll be surprised how many calories i can burn... he is one tough puppy. lol)

my goal for this week end is to get a scale! >=O

[bunkicake]

Wow, so many wieght lost plans. Im in middle school so I dunno if its right to lose weight and I'm only 105 lbs. But, I dunno I feel some fat on my upper arm. my mom says that I shouldn't skip my meals or anything.(I have a few times XD) Does anyone think I should or not? I can't even eat teh amount I want ....V___V

Give me advice X___X

[TOPK3]

What's so bad about having fruits on an empty stomache ? I still have fruits on an empty stomache sometimes even though my mother tells me it's bad.

[kimkimc]

whats better a treadmill or an ellipitical

the elliptical! using a treadmill is horrible for your knees because you're basically banging on it when you run on the hard surface. and plus, i think the elliptical is fun compared to the boring treadmill

Wow, so many wieght lost plans. Im in middle school so I dunno if its right to lose weight and I'm only 105 lbs. But, I dunno I feel some fat on my upper arm. my mom says that I shouldn't skip my meals or anything.(I have a few times XD) Does anyone think I should or not? I can't even eat teh amount I want ....V___V

Give me advice X___X

you do NOT need to lose weight. since you're in middle school, your body NEEDS FOOD to grow. and skipping meals doesn't exactly help you lose weight (your body will think it's starving so it'll slow your metabolism down).
if you want to work on your upper arms, lift some dumbells (1 or 3lbs) and stretch!

[vvn]

whats better a treadmill or an ellipitical

I say elliptical too b/c I read the treadmill is bad for your knees as well.. also treadmill works out everything, no? If you were to use a treadmill, I think running/jogging outside is better.

Yesterday, I did MAJOR walking. I love walking by the way. After I got some Starbucks, I walked 30 minutes (about 20 blocks, if you live in San Francisco) to the rec center for 2 hour Tinikling rehearsal. After Tinikling rehearsal, I walked 1 hour and a half (about 50-60 blocks, if you live in SF) to my mom's shop =]. My new record for my farthest walking. WHOOHOO.

For the past two months, I've lost 10-15 lbs . I'm now 110lbs when before I was around 120-125lbs. Between there, i'm not really sure. I'm hoping to lose another 5-10 before my dance concert in mid-May.

Ooh 2 months.. of walking? Or what exactly did you do?? I love walking too! =)

I've found a site with a lot of sports and their calories burning rate per half hour.. (you can change the hour rate if you like) For me, I checked for half hour and heres the link http://www.primusweb.com/cgi-bin/fpc/actcalc.pl and they also have a calculator to calculate how much you should eat and lose everyday if you wanna reach certain goal =]

lol. Making my bed for 30mins can burn about 80 calories! Woot! Who makes their bed for 30min? haha funny

Wow, so many wieght lost plans. Im in middle school so I dunno if its right to lose weight and I'm only 105 lbs. But, I dunno I feel some fat on my upper arm. my mom says that I shouldn't skip my meals or anything.(I have a few times XD) Does anyone think I should or not? I can't even eat teh amount I want ....V___V

Give me advice X___X

Um skipping meals would probably make you more fat.. and it isn't healthy. You're in middle school? So.. 13/14? 105lbs is fine. I really don't think you should lose weight.

[Rainie_Days]

DAY TWENTY TWO

Breakfast - Tuna Sandwich, An egg tart, glass of water
Snack - Crisps.
Lunch - Half a bowl of rice with lots of pumpkin, some fish, 2 little pieces of meat. Soup.
Dinner - ?

Exercise - None, oh, and all those workouts that I said I was going to do this week, never did them lol homework overload =\

Comments - Looked at my stomach again today in the mirror. I feel better about it actually, and I do think I look toned. Just need to work on getting my stomach flat for the summer! The weather is pretty great this week so I'm going to take lots of walks starting from tomorrow. =]

[Juli~<3]

Day 8

breakfast: ramen, yoghurt
lunch: 2ricecakes, apple, alpen, grapes
dinner: ramen, yoghurt, orange
liquids: dietcoke, water, green tea

exercise: hour walk

Yay my scales still say i lost 2lbs! weee
Argos was out of stock with the scales i wanted though, must go back again. grrr

[geruhjima]

DAY FORTY-TWO (yesterday)
breakfast: frosted mini wheats w/ 3/4 cup fat free skim milk
lunch: lowfat bagel w/ turkey cold cuts, lite barbeque pringles
dinner: 2 eggs, 2 slices lowfat wheat toast, lowfat strawberry yogurt
snacks: granola bar, handful of mini wheats
liquids: diet mountain dew, water, milk, diet coke

exercise: none - my day off

RECENT POUND LOSSAGE: 1 lb.
TOTAL POUND LOSSAGE: 11 lbs.





i'll write today's later.

[sammy]

hey guys~ i've been checking in on this thread every once in a while, keeping myself on a diet too, but i haven't really contributed anyting....
i recently lost the college weight that i put on, and i'm starting to really get going on this diet thing excet ;;;
HORRIBLE thing happened two days ago~~ i hurt my foot while jumproping (which btw is a great way to exercise) and i was wondering if any of you have any suggestions for cardio workouts w/o using your feet! i have an appointment to see a doctor b/c my foot really hurts when i start walking, but i'm really bummed b/c i can't work out!! anybody have any suggestions???

btw, if any of you are thinking about doing jumproping, i would highly recommend it!! it's great for your whole body and i usually do 3000 jumps (which comes down to about 30-35 mins) and my tshirt ends up being soaking with sweat.
just make sure you stretch your legs and arms out really well before and after and even sometimes during... and make sure you don't rest too much in between

[redbean]

breakfast: 2 yogurts, 2 cups of water, a small bowl of cereal
lunch: orange, apple, cheesestring, 4 sugar-free oat crackers
snack: 2 bottles of water, yogurt, 5 potato chips
dinner:rice w/ sweet & sour pork -___-+
snack: 3 kiwis

exercise: I already did at least an hr of walking and burned 200 calories on the elliptical!

[geruhjima]

hey guys~ i've been checking in on this thread every once in a while, keeping myself on a diet too, but i haven't really contributed anyting....
i recently lost the college weight that i put on, and i'm starting to really get going on this diet thing excet ;;;
HORRIBLE thing happened two days ago~~ i hurt my foot while jumproping (which btw is a great way to exercise) and i was wondering if any of you have any suggestions for cardio workouts w/o using your feet! i have an appointment to see a doctor b/c my foot really hurts when i start walking, but i'm really bummed b/c i can't work out!! anybody have any suggestions???

btw, if any of you are thinking about doing jumproping, i would highly recommend it!! it's great for your whole body and i usually do 3000 jumps (which comes down to about 30-35 mins) and my tshirt ends up being soaking with sweat.
just make sure you stretch your legs and arms out really well before and after and even sometimes during... and make sure you don't rest too much in between

congrats on losing the college weight and sorry about the injury. D: injuries suck a lot.
anyway, i did some googling for you and found this: http://diet.ivillage.com/workouts/wcardio/0,,2w6,00.html
i hope your foot gets better soon

[sammy]

congrats on losing the college weight and sorry about the injury. D: injuries suck a lot.
anyway, i did some googling for you and found this: http://diet.ivillage.com/workouts/wcardio/0,,2w6,00.html
i hope your foot gets better soon

thanks!!
i see that you've been making lots of progress geruhjima!
every time i get discouraged about my diet/exercise i come in here and i always notice your posts @_@ they're so inspirational!!
thanks for keeping me so motivated! ^^

[blue_shoe]

so I noticed everybody be saying "200 sit ups" and like "3000" jumps. I'm kinda really discouraged as to y am I so weak, cause I can only do max 30 situps w/o resting and like 300 jumps w/o resting, but afterward I'm already dead tired.

[geruhjima]

thanks!!
i see that you've been making lots of progress geruhjima!
every time i get discouraged about my diet/exercise i come in here and i always notice your posts @_@ they're so inspirational!!
thanks for keeping me so motivated! ^^

awww!! thank you so much. it inspires me when people say that *I* inspire them! i never thought i would be the kind to inspire, LOL! thanks.

so I noticed everybody be saying "200 sit ups" and like "3000" jumps. I'm kinda really discouraged as to y am I so weak, cause I can only do max 30 situps w/o resting and like 300 jumps w/o resting, but afterward I'm already dead tired.

do as many as you can, and then try adding 5-10 more than you did the day before everyday. you gotta build these things up.



DAY FORTY-THREE
breakfast: 1 cup frosted mini wheats w/ 3/4 cup fat free skim milk
lunch: leancuisine french bread pizza, handful of lite barbeque pringles, granola bar
dinner: half of a chicken cesar salad
snack: fat free popcorn, lowfat strawberry yogurt
liquids: diet mountain dew, water, milk

exercise: 75-minute 4 mile cardio run, ab/oblique/leg/thigh/arm workouts
total calories burned ... 650 calories

today was a really good day. :] i can now run faster on my treadmill because i've found the slower speed i usually do feels... well, slow to me. RUNNING MAKES ME FEEL SO FREE! XD i love the feeling i get from it. also, i got new shoes last week, specifically for running! they are pretty hot. take a gander.

they are Nike Reax Run. i love that it says on the sole of the shoe "nike women's running".. haha. makes me feel all cool. LMAO. they're so light & comfortable to run in. ♥ a definite upgrade from my other dirty tennis shoes that i wore when being a cart girl at the grocery store last summer. AND instead of where the baby blue is, i got orange. 8)

oh and i can't wear my favorite pair of jeans for much longer. if you shop at american eagle it's those pair of hip huggers that are light and have tons of holes in them. my mom commented last night that a "saggy butt isn't attractive"... HAHAHA. yeah they are too baggy. :x but i suppose this is a positive thing!

here is a quote for all of you, that i'm sure you've heard before, but it really gives me the drive to keep on truckin.

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING.

keep on going everybody! the only thing stopping you is yourself! we can do it!

[TrueColorS]

hey guys~ i've been checking in on this thread every once in a while, keeping myself on a diet too, but i haven't really contributed anyting....
i recently lost the college weight that i put on, and i'm starting to really get going on this diet thing excet ;;;
HORRIBLE thing happened two days ago~~ i hurt my foot while jumproping (which btw is a great way to exercise) and i was wondering if any of you have any suggestions for cardio workouts w/o using your feet! i have an appointment to see a doctor b/c my foot really hurts when i start walking, but i'm really bummed b/c i can't work out!! anybody have any suggestions???

btw, if any of you are thinking about doing jumproping, i would highly recommend it!! it's great for your whole body and i usually do 3000 jumps (which comes down to about 30-35 mins) and my tshirt ends up being soaking with sweat.
just make sure you stretch your legs and arms out really well before and after and even sometimes during... and make sure you don't rest too much in between

wow! 3000 jumps? that's a lot! i can never jump more than 100 jumps without stopping. teehee. :x i usually jump 100 then rest for like 2 minutes then jump again. is that okay? btw, jumproping is a great exercise for toning down your tummy fat right?

anyway, reading your post make me want to jump a lot of now! (possible up to 3000 jumps like you if i can). thankss. xD
and i hope your foot gets better soon (:

[bunkicake]

Hmm
Although most of you guys say that I'm in middle school and don't need to lose weight, maybe a little upper arm work will do. (read from previous page XD)

I dunno maybe it will help.

ok since u guys are doing it i will...

breakfast: rice krisp cereal and water (vitamins?)
lunch: macaroni, banana, and plum
snack: tiramisu with a tad of rasberry icecream
dinner: haven't got there yet.

yep that's what we middle schoolers eat!